Kaaffik

Kaaffik (anvil / where to starve)
	Kâgfik
Commune	Qeqqata communia
District	Sisimiut
Geographical location	66 ° 43 '23 " N , 53 ° 31' 23" W Coordinates: 66 ° 43 '23 " N , 53 ° 31' 23" W
Residents	0;
Time zone	UTC-3

Kaaffik [ ˈkaːfːik ] (according to the old spelling Kâgfik ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Sisimiut in the Qeqqata Kommunia .

location

Kaaffik is located on an island in the middle of the archipelago west of the island of Sallersua at the mouth of the Ikertooq . Kaaffik is located 25 km south of Sisimiut , 35 km southwest of Sarfannguit and 16 km north of Itilleq .

history

Nothing is known about Kaaffik, except that the population starved to death in the mid-19th century. The living space has been deserted since then.

Individual evidence

↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 100 .

[1] Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq

[2] Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 100 .